Text 1985

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 31, west part of south wall
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
Psalm 127 (LXX) with colophon and signature of scribe
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 13.5; W: 49.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
14
Height of letters
0.5–1.2
Description
inscription painted on the wall, framed by painted line, with smaller frame inserted to the right of ll. 2–6; successive verses of the Psalm given in both Greek and Old Nubian
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete, numerous lacunae in many places
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
servant of (Church of) Isaiah (ⲏⲥⲁⲓⲁ ⲙⲉⲇⳝⲟ[ⲩ]): l. 12
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(Church of) Isaiah (ⲏⲥⲁⲓⲁ): l. 12
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Van Gerven Oei – Łajtar 2020a, pp. 300–309 (no. 3)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Jakobielski 1998, p. 163; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 45; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 130 (no. 37); Łajtar 2020a, p. 18; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D8 (cf. pp. 193, 195); CIEN 8, no. 102; Łajtar – Van Gerven Oei 2021, pp. 527–528
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